inyan
Pronunciations
inyan | (een-YAHN) | listen |
Definitions
n. Significance within Jewish law.
n. Topic [of conversation] (Weiser, Glinert).
n. Matter (Steinmetz).
Example Sentences
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
Hebrew עניין inyan
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
inyyen, inien, inyen, 'inian, 'inyyan, inyyan, 'inyan, inian
Notes
Used in Modern Hebrew phrases such as, "ma ha'inyan", what's the matter; "ze lo inyankha", that's none of your business; or "inyani," practical.
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